Display device



June 149 C. E. PRESTON DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Dec. 2. 1924 Invervionl APatented June 14,19 27.

1 CLARENCE E. rnns'ron, or OKLAHOMA crrY, OKLAHOMA.

' 7 Disney DEVICE.

Application filedDecernber 2, 1924. Serial No. 753,449.

This invention relates to a silent Inerchandise ordering signal or sign,particularspring 10, and the guides 8 and 7 are also ly for ordering icein quantities, for instance namely, 25, 50, 75 or 100 pounds. It is anobject of the invention to provide a very simple, attention-directingsignal, giving instructions forthe delivery of goods and which may behung in a conspicuous place for observation by the delivery'man.

10 Otherobjects of. the invention will appear 1 from a further andinorecompletereading of thefollowing specification, drawing and theclaim; 1

-. On the sheet of drawings, accompanying V and forming a part of thespecification,

Figurel is afront elevational view of a device made accordingto theinvention,

F1gure-2 1s an edge vlew 1n sectlon on line g2-2 Figurevl,

Figure 3, is a view in elevation of a modified design of the invention,

Similar characters I of reference indicate similar parts.- i 1 A blank6, preferably metallic in nature, 2 is formed upon'itself to form slides7 and ,8, along the uprightedges of the blank 6 to receive cards 9,preferably four in num-' ber, one behind the other, as seen in Figure 72 and whichniay be shuffled at will to put to the front or on top anydenominational sign representing quantity desired, the one shown being,say {for 7 5 pounds of ice. The backplate ofthe: blank 6 is formed intoa leaf formed into leaf springs 11 and 12, and in this way, the cardsmay be held fixed against removal, except manually.

The same is true of Figure 3, showing, as aforesaid a smaller and neaterdesign offormation, and without the advertisingidisplay 13, shown inFigure 1.

Thus it will be seen that there is provided a simple, and inexpensivedevice to be made so cheaply, as to be capable of being given as apremium with purchase, which is customary with 1cedealers, especially.

l'laving thus described this invention, 1 claim: I a

A device of its kind, consisting'of a blank having bighted edges forcardedge receivers, F

indicating cardshaving their edges seated v PATENT ()"FFICI 'I- d in thebights, a leaf spring at the rear of the 1 cards to press the edgesagainst'theforward or front side of the bights, and leaf springsjust-offset from the bights to press against the front side of thecards, forthe purposes set forth Signed at Oklahoma, in the county of vOklahoma and State of Oklahoma, this 29 day of November, in the year ofour Lord,

nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

- CLARENCE E. PRESTON.

